{"id":331,"date":"2010-03-29T09:50:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T16:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malcs.net\/blog\/?p=331"},"modified":"2010-03-29T09:50:23","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T16:50:23","slug":"hispanics-and-the-census-what-race-are-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2010\/03\/29\/hispanics-and-the-census-what-race-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":""Hispanics" and the Census – what "race" are we?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a good discussion about the “race” question on the census form on the malcs email list (ten.sclamobfsctd-8e1cee<\/span>@sanacihc<\/span>\">let us know if <\/a>you’re not on the list yet).\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s more food for thought:<\/p>\n

From “Still Black or White: Why the Census Misreads Hispanics<\/a>”
\nTim Padgett<\/em>, Time Magazine<\/p>\n

Many, if not most, Hispanics in the U.S. think of their ethnicity (also known as Latino) not just in cultural terms but in a racial context as well. It’s why more than 40% of Hispanics, when asked on the Census form in 2000 to register white or black as their race, wrote in “Other” \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and they represented 95% of all the 15.3 million people in the U.S. who did so. (See the 25 most influential Hispanics in America.)<\/p>\n

An even larger share of Hispanics, including my Venezuelan-American wife, is expected to report “Other,” “Hispanic” or “Latino” in the race section of the 2010 census forms being mailed to U.S. homes this month. What makes it all the more confusing if not frustrating to them is that Washington continues to insist on those forms that “Hispanic origins are not races.” If the Census Bureau lists Filipino and even Samoan as distinct races, Hispanics wonder why they \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the product of half a millennium of New World miscegenation \u00e2\u20ac\u201d aren’t considered a race too. “It’s a very big issue,” says Angelo Falc\u00c3\u00b3n, president of the National Institute for Latino Policy in New York City and a community adviser to the Census. “A lot of Hispanics find the black-white option offensive, and they’re asserting their own racial uniqueness.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

[“…half a millennium of New World miscegenation.” –?]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We had a good discussion about the “race” question on the census form on the malcs email list (let us know if you’re not on the list yet).\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s more food for thought: From “Still Black or White: Why the Census Misreads Hispanics” Tim Padgett, Time Magazine Many, if not most, Hispanics in the U.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general-news","7":"entry","8":"override"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2007\/03\/21\/aahe-hispanic-sic-dissertation-competition\/","url_meta":{"origin":331,"position":0},"title":"AAHE Hispanic [sic] dissertation competition","author":"la Webjefa","date":"March 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education has launched an outstanding dissertation competition \"open to anyone who has completed a dissertation that focuses on hispanics in higher education OR to any hispanic that who has completed a dissertation in the social sciences, broadly defined, between June 1, 2004 and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Jobs and fellowships"","block_context":{"text":"Jobs and fellowships","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/category\/jobs-and-fellowships\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1305,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2012\/09\/05\/the-julian-castro-i-knew-and-how-hes-changed\/","url_meta":{"origin":331,"position":1},"title":"The Julian Castro I Knew – and How He’s Changed","author":"la Webjefa","date":"September 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a thoughtful essay by Texas Chicana anthropologist and journalist Cecilia Ball\u00c3\u00ad,\u00c2\u00a0reflecting on the trajectory of San Antonio mayor's Julian Castro's political career. \u00c2\u00a0Julian and his brother Joaquin are the twin sons of single mother and longtime Chicana community organizer Maria del Rosario \"Rosie\" Castro. \u00c2\u00a0The Chicana por mi Raza\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General News"","block_context":{"text":"General News","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/category\/general-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":766,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2011\/09\/14\/2012-aahhe-outstanding-dissertations-competition\/","url_meta":{"origin":331,"position":2},"title":"2012 AAHHE Outstanding Dissertations Competition","author":"la Webjefa","date":"September 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"So sorry, folks....this deadline has already passed. \u00c2\u00a0Perhaps take note for next year? s. 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